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Postdocs (will update)

Dr. Jorge Alcalde,

Beijing Computational Science Research Center,

2012 8 ~

Working on high pressure chemistry and nanoclusters

Dr. Xiaoli Wang,

Beijing Computational Science Research Center,

2011 8 ~ 2012 8

Now visiting scholar

Working on high pressure structural change

Dr. Chunju Hou,

Beijing Computational Science Research Center,

2014 3 ~

Working on ion transport

Ph. D Students

Wei Liu,

Visiting PhD Student,

2013 10 -

California State University Northridge,

Charge transfer in DNA

Zhen Liu,

Visiting PhD Student,

2013 10 -

Beijing Computational Science Research Center,

Functional Materials Design from First Principles

Guohui Zhneg,

Visiting PhD Student,

2013 10 -

California State University Northridge,

Charge transfer in DNA and magnetocristalline anisotropy in thin films

Xuelei Sui,

Visiting PhD Student,

2014 10 -

California State University Northridge,

Magnetocrystalline anisotropy

The following students are partially suppoted and mentored by me.

Feng Peng, Visiting PhD Student, 2011 10 - Beijing Computational Science Research Center,

High pressure physics and chemistry

Shaohua Lu, Visiting PhD Student, 2011 10 - Beijing Computational Science Research Center,

Surface structure search method and semiconductor surfaces

Wenhui Mi, Visiting PhD Student, 2011 10 - Beijing Computational Science Research Center,

First pricniples local pseudopotentials and orbital free DFT

Shoutao Zhang, Visiting PhD Student, 2012 8 - Beijing Computational Science Research Center,

Local pseudopotentials and kinetic functional for orbital free DFT

Undergrad interns

Christopher Robert, Intern Undergrad Student, 2009 8 - 2010 7; University of California Santa Barbara

Nitride device simulation

Aditi Krishnaprian, Intern Undergrad Student, 2011 8 - 2013 8; University of California Santa Barbara

First principles study of transparent conducting oxides and related materials

Sam Yarbro, Intern Undergrad Student, 2010 8 - 2011 7; University of California Santa Barbara

Frist principles study of p-type transparent conducting materials

Luke Gordon, Intern Undergrad Student, 2008 8 - 2008 9; University of California Santa Barbara

Surface state of nitride semicondutors and its effect to HEMT performace

Jason Douglas, Ph. D student, 2012 1 - 2013 7; University of California Santa Barbara

DFT calculations for thermoelectrics

Collaborators

Prof. Roald Hoffmann,

Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology,

Cornell University, Ithca, NY

Working together on high pressure chemistry

Fred Wudl

Dr. h.c. Professor of Chemistry and Materials
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

University of California Santa Barbara

Working together on electronic structure and magnetic and electronic properties of organic molecules

Prof. Yanming Ma,

State Key Lab. of Superhard Materials,

Jilin University, Changchun, P. R. China,

Working together on high pressure phase transitions, OF-DFT and structure search for materials

Prof. Frank Spera,

Department of Earth Science, University of California Santa Barbara

Working together on geochemistry

Prof. Matthew Jackson,

Department of Earth Science, University of California Santa Barbara

Working together on geochemistry

Prof. Jingyao Liu,

Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Jilin University,

Changchun P. R. China

Working together on DNA charge transfer and surface structures and catalysis

Prof. Sanhuang Ke,

Department of Physics, TongJi University

Shanghai, P. R. China

Working together on first principles transport calculation for DNA